diff --git a/app/models/ability.rb b/app/models/ability.rb
index 735aaed2a..812098179 100644
--- a/app/models/ability.rb
+++ b/app/models/ability.rb
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ class Ability
         can :autocomplete_user_uname, Platform
 
         # TODO delegate to platform?
-        can :read, Repository, :visibility => 'open'
         can :read, Repository, :owner_type => 'User', :owner_id => user.id
         can :read, Repository, :owner_type => 'Group', :owner_id => user.group_ids
         can(:read, Repository, read_relations_for('repositories')) {|repository| local_reader? repository}